All persons are puzzles until at last we find in some word or act the key to the man, to the woman; straightway all their past words and actions lie in light before us.
Ralph Waldo EmersonInsist on your life, never imitate... do that which is assigned to you, and you cannot hope too much or dare too much.
Ralph Waldo EmersonAll infractions of love and equity in our social relations are speedily punished-by fear...be honest with a man and you have no fear. Try to deceive and the relationship deteriorates.
Ralph Waldo EmersonIf you follow the suburban fashion in building a sumptuous- looking house for a little money, it will appear to all eyes as a cheap, dear house.
Ralph Waldo Emerson